The US military struck a boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Tuesday that it said was being used for drug trafficking. According to the US Southern Command, one person was killed and two others survived the attack. The operation is part of the Trump administration’s broader crackdown on "narcoterrorists" using sea routes in Latin America to smuggle drugs.
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Sharing details of the operation on X, the US military wrote: “Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations.”
According to the command, “One male narco-terrorists was killed during this action, and there were two male survivors.”
A released video showed a boat travelling across open waters before being struck and bursting into flames.
